Rock/Metal covers of pop songs.

Overblood · 17-08-2009 4:44pm #1

Know any good ones?

Here's Abba's Gimmie your love after midnight by Yngwie Wanksteam. It's pretty good, and the chorus melody works well with the arpeggios. Check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbo5omhfY0A

Parsley · 17-08-2009 5:59pm

That is way too cheesy to be allowed to exist. :pac:

Schism · 17-08-2009 8:13pm

I'll just leave this here.

dr.bollocko · 17-08-2009 8:43pm

Parsley wrote: »

That is way too cheesy to be allowed to exist. :pac:

Nonsense.

Going back to an early one. I believe this was Motorhead's first success in terms of the charts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDP7_h4wkgw

Overblood · 17-08-2009 9:57pm

Schism wrote: »

I'll just leave this here.

That's actually extremely painful to listen to.

dr.bollocko · 17-08-2009 10:06pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tNApceu3AQ

How about Nevermore covering the sound of silence? There are a lot of punk covers. Few good ones come to mind. The pistols released the great rock and roll swindle which has a load of covers but few worth listening to.
I'm also aching to post Tool's cover of No Quarter but it's not really a pop song cover is it?

Schism · 17-08-2009 10:06pm

Overblood wrote: »

That's actually extremely painful to listen to.

Isn't it, enjoy. :pac:

anti-venom · 17-08-2009 10:08pm

A bit of an unusual one...........

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrNaezcp3Tg

steveone · 17-08-2009 10:25pm

Disturbed. Land of confusion..

Mental Mickey · 17-08-2009 10:27pm

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal. F***in brilliant video too!!

dr.bollocko · 17-08-2009 10:50pm

Manson did a load of covers too. Sweet Dreams. I put a spell on you. Suicide is painless.
Disturbed also did a version of Eleanor Rigby that was pretty good.

Nightwish · 17-08-2009 11:30pm

Not exactly a pop song but good nonetheless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BG0oJD2Nic

And next comes this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl-3uGkwPIM

And this is genuinely good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67X5XmVpzCU

NIBBS · 17-08-2009 11:37pm

not saying there good -

Graveworm - Message In A Bottle (The Police)
Cradle Of Filth - Temptation (Heaven 17)

a couple of of my favourites

Saxon - Ride Like The Wind (Christopher Cross)
Sepultura - The Hunt (New Model Army)
Gothic Slam - Thunder And Lightning (Thin Lizzy)

for the oldies...
Irish Band ????? - I Think We're Alone Now (Tiffany)
a speeded up version